026: A profitable trip to Spain

Yes, Tong Yi went to Madrid as soon as possible.

The players he wants to introduce are not from the world's top giants Galacticos Real Madrid, but from Real Madrid's city rival Atletico Madrid.

Of course, what Tong Yi wants to introduce is naturally not Atletico Madrid first-team stars Forlan and Aguero.

Although Tong Yi also knows that Aguero is very good, at this stage, they Munich 1860 really can't afford it.

There are two players that Tong Yi is interested in. One is David De Gea from the Atletico Madrid youth team, and the other is a fringe figure in the Atletico Madrid first team. From joining the team in 2007 to now, he has been loaned out for two consecutive years. Diego Costa out.

Yes, Tong Yi has his sights on two people from Atletico Madrid.

Both of these two people are very important in Tong Yi's plan, especially De Gea.

Currently, Munich 1860 only has two goalkeepers. Hoffmann is the team captain and the previous first goalkeeper. But he is old, and has had many injuries on and off in the past two or three years. He is obviously an unstable existence. Tong Yi does not want him to be the team's starting goalkeeper anymore.

As for Jonah, he is very young and his strength is reasonable for the Bundesliga 2, but his potential is not great.

And compared to the current De Gea, there is a gap between him and him.

You have to know that De Gea started to show his prominence in this new season.

In Tong Yi's memory, De Gea is Atletico Madrid's third goalkeeper this season. He only got the opportunity to replace the injured goalkeeper on September 30 this year. He also seized the opportunity. He played a total of 18 times this season, won the best of the game twice, and helped Atletico Madrid win the UEFA Cup championship.

The next season, he naturally became the starting goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid. From then on, he was out of control and quickly became the best goalkeeper in Spain. A few years later, he moved to the Premier League giant Manchester United for 18.9 million pounds. , and has since moved towards the throne of the world's number one goalkeeper.

De Gea is about to rise this season, but Tong Yi knows that De Gea's current situation is very bad.

At this time, Atletico Madrid actually does not attach great importance to De Gea.

Having just signed his first professional contract with Atletico Madrid last year, he has no chance of entering the first team. Because of them, Atletico Madrid has just introduced the best young goalkeeper in Spain, Serginho Asenjo, for 5 million euros.

When Asenjo's first-team goalkeepers Bitler and Alberto performed extremely poorly last season, he was ordered to support the first team from the Valladolid B team in the Spanish Third Division and became the team's main goalkeeper. His performance was very good. Excellent, he was only 19 years and 167 days old when he made his La Liga debut, making him the youngest starting goalkeeper in La Liga. After the season, he was duly selected as the Golden Ball Award for the goalkeeper position in the third Spanish "Football Rookie Award", and was also selected into the La Liga Season's Best Rookie Team. He was even selected as one of the top 100 rising stars by well-known media. His colleagues included Sergio Aguero, Messi and Cesc Fabregas.

Such a goalkeeper joining Atletico Madrid will naturally have a huge impact on De Gea in the same position. You must know that Asenjo

Only one year older than De Gea.

Obviously, Atletico Madrid's top management is more optimistic about Asenjo. There is a high probability that Atletico Madrid's No. 1 goalkeeper will belong to Asenjo in the future.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to see De Gea staying at Atletico Madrid.

One can imagine how embarrassing De Gea's situation is now.

What makes De Gea even more upset is that Atletico Madrid's sports director Jesus Garcia Pitachi recommended him to Numancia in the Spanish Second Division, hoping that De Gea would join Numancia. However, this was rejected by De Gea.

At the same time, Queens Park Rangers also made a request to Atletico Madrid to loan De Gea, but De Gea also refused.

Unwilling to do so, De Gea often does additional training after training. He hopes to improve himself through his own efforts and enter the first team with his own strength to prove himself.

This was accidentally discovered by Atletico Madrid manager Abel Resino, who promoted him to the first team as the team's third goalkeeper. Therefore, his ranking is actually behind Asenjo.

If Asenho hadn't gone to the U20 World Youth Championship in September and De Gea was lucky enough to be the team's second goalkeeper, and also lucky enough to encounter a serious injury to the main goalkeeper, De Gea would definitely not have come forward so quickly. He would have definitely been on the bench. Sitting on the table is a bench.

The good thing is that Asenjo has not yet decided to participate in the U20 World Youth Championship, and De Gea has just left the youth team to join the first team. He is still Atletico Madrid's third goalkeeper.

At this time, Tong Yi came over, and he was confident that he could win De Gea.

Looking at the "monkey brother" De Gea in front of him, Tong Yi said, "David, our Munich 1860 is very sincere. I need you very much!"

De Gea looked at the Chinese in front of him and was very surprised. It was crazy that such a young Chinese became the head coach of a German second division team.

De Gea is still very happy and very grateful that he can be valued by the other party. However, he still had to refuse, "I'm sorry, Coach David. Thank you for your respect for me, but I can't go with you. I never thought about leaving Atletico Madrid. I have been a fan of Atletico Madrid since I was a child, and I am 10 years old." I joined Atletico Madrid’s youth training, so my goal since childhood was to enter the Atletico Madrid first team and become Atletico Madrid’s goalkeeper.”

Tong Yi immediately said, "Is it okay even to be the third goalkeeper?"

De Gea was stunned for a moment, looking a little dazed.

After a while, he said, "I have confidence in myself. I believe I will not always be the third goalkeeper."

Tong Yi said, "I am also very confident in your ability, but Atletico Madrid's top management is different. They are more optimistic about Asenjo. No matter what time, Asenjo's pick is ahead of you. What I want to remind you is , Asenjo is only one year older than you, do you want to be Asenjo's substitute for the rest of your life?"

Emotionally speaking, De Gea was unwilling to believe what Tong Yi said. However, from

Intellectually speaking, he had to believe Tong Yi's words. Because he knew the attitude of Atletico Madrid's sports director and manager. They were indeed more optimistic about Asenjo, and even the sports director wanted to send him away.

De Gea felt very uncomfortable and in pain.

He really liked Atletico Madrid and didn't want to leave. However, from the perspective of his future and prospects, leaving is the best choice for him.

Seeing De Gea's entanglement, Tong Yi continued, "As far as I know, Atletico Madrid's sports director Pitacci wants you to leave, right? He has recommended you to many teams."

De Gea felt even more painful, but he still nodded.

Tong Yi felt a little sorry for De Gea, and immediately comforted him, "If he wants you, it's because he has no vision. I am very optimistic and admire you, and have great confidence in you. Join my team, we are Munich 1860 Welcome!"

De Gea looked up at Tong Yi and said, "Please forgive my directness, even if I want to leave, Munich 1860 will not be the best choice, right?"

Tong Yi was not angry, but felt a little happy inside.

He could see that De Gea felt a little relieved.

This is a good thing!

He took advantage of the heat and said, "I know that Pitachi has recommended you to many teams, and there are many teams that want you, but our Munich 1860 is definitely the most suitable for you."

De Gea obviously didn't believe it. He said, "Did you know that Wigan Athletic in the Premier League sent me a permanent transfer request. Do you still think you have an advantage over Wigan Athletic?"

Tong Yi said confidently, "Of course."

De Gea was surprised. He didn't know where Tong Yi's confidence came from? Are teams in the Bundesliga 2 better than those in the Premier League?

Tong Yi said with confidence, "The Premier League teams are indeed more attractive than us, but can they guarantee you the number one goalkeeper? You can't escape the fate of being on the bench if you go to Wigan Athletic..."

De Gea's eyes widened, staring at Tong Yi, and said in disbelief, "You mean you will let me start?"

Seeing De Gea's reaction, Tong Yi knew that De Gea couldn't escape.

Tong Yi immediately said, "Yes, as long as you come to our Munich 1860, you will be the starting goalkeeper."

De Gea's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his mind couldn't move.

He really didn't expect that Tong Yi would be so optimistic about him and directly give him the main starting position. This is Germany's second division, not West Division B or West Division III.

To be honest, if you can go to the Bundesliga Second Division and start the game, it is indeed much better than staying and sitting on the bench.

Even if he knows that Asenjo will most likely participate in the World Youth Championship with Spain U21 at the beginning of the new season, if he fails, De Gea will be Atletico Madrid's second goalkeeper until October. But what about Asenjo’s return? Will he be the third goalkeeper again and sit on the bench?

Instead of sitting on the bench at Atletico Madrid, it would be better to start at 1860 Munich.

for the present

For him, being able to play the game is the most important thing.

De Gea immediately raised his head, stared at Tong Yi very firmly, and asked, "Coach David, can you really guarantee my starting position?"

Tong Yi said solemnly, "I can't guarantee anything else, but what I can guarantee is that as long as I'm here, you will be the starting goalkeeper."

De Gea was very excited and filled with gratitude to Tong Yi.

The Chinese man in front of me understands me and believes in me. I must not let him down.

He said firmly, "I am willing to join Munich 1860."

I agreed and was very excited, finally getting De Gea.

De Gea's current value is very cheap. He has just left the youth team and entered the first team. He is worth only 100,000 euros. Compared with 18.9 million pounds three years later, this can be said to be a free gift.

Tong Yi immediately contacted Pitaci, the sports director of Atletico Madrid Club, who was determined to send De Gea away. Talking to him is naturally the lowest price you can pay.

Although De Gea is worth only 100,000 euros, 100,000 euros certainly cannot buy De Gea.

After bargaining with Atletico Madrid, Munich 1860 packed David De Gea and Diego Costa for 1.5 million euros.

Costa's situation is much simpler than De Gea's. He transferred from Braga in the Portuguese Super League two years ago for 1.5 million euros. He has been playing on loan in the Spanish Second Division for the past two years and has not performed very well. , the net worth also has some fluctuations. Now it is obvious that Atletico Madrid does not attach great importance to Costa, but they still set up a repurchase clause, hoping that they can repurchase Costa for 1 million euros in three years.

Originally, Atletico Madrid did not set an annual salary, but had a buy-back clause. In other words, as long as they want to, they can force Costa back for 1 million euros after half a season. Tong Yi is naturally unwilling. He is very optimistic about Costa and naturally hopes to buy it out. On the one hand, Munich 1860 really has no money, and on the other hand, Atletico Madrid really can't bear to part with Costa.

Therefore, after discussion, Tong Yi set a three-year limit.

In other words, Atletico Madrid can forcefully repurchase Costa for 1 million euros after three years.

To be honest, Tong Yi knows very well that Costa will be worth more than 1.5 million in three years. But there is no way, he can't spend more money now, and he can't change Atletico Madrid's mind. Therefore, I had to settle for the next best thing and choose to agree.

In fact, Tong Yi didn't lose anything. He just spent 500,000 to let Costa play for him for three years.

The players had no objections and agreed directly.

Tong Yi was quite satisfied with this trip to Spain and was very happy.

But when he returned to Germany, he was completely unhappy. Because when he arrived in Germany, all German media were reporting that Munich 1860 was going to fire him, Tong Yi, and replace him with Li Ning. The streets of Munich were full of singing and dancing Munich 1860 fans. They claimed that the soft-boiled boy was finally leaving and that Munich 1860 was about to dawn.